Liselotte Strelow (11 September 1908 – 30 September 1981) was a German photographer.

Life

Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F001502-0008, Düsseldorf, Opernhaus

Born in Redel,

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, the farmer's daughter went to Berlin in 1930, where she took photography courses at the

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school. In 1932, she learned in the studio of the Jewish photographer Suse Byk, after which she was employed by

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(Germany). In 1938, she took over 's studio on Kurfürstendamm The studio as well as most of her photo archive were destroyed in a bombing raid in winter 1944. After fleeing from Pomerania in 1945, she first went to

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, and in 1950 she opened a studio on Königsallee in Düsseldorf. She specialised in portrait and theatre photography. Her pictures in collaboration with

Gustaf Gründgens Gustaf Gründgens (; 22 December 1899 – 7 October 1963), born Gustav Heinrich Arnold Gründgens, was one of Germany's most famous and influential actors of the 20th century, and artistic director of theatres in Berlin, Düsseldorf, and Hamburg ...

and Elisabeth Flickenschildt soon made her famous. After the Deutsche Bundespost chose her portrait of

Theodor Heuss Theodor Heuss (; 31 January 1884 – 12 December 1963) was a German liberal politician who served as the first president of West Germany from 1949 to 1959. His cordial nature – something of a contrast to the stern character of chancellor Ko ...

as the basis for a series of stamps of the Bundespräsident in 1959, she was able to choose her clients. Her portraits of Konrad Adenauer,

Rudolf Augstein Rudolf Karl Augstein (5 November 1923 – 7 November 2002) was a German journalist, editor, publicist, and politician. He was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of ''Der Spiegel'' magazine. As a politician, he ...

Maria Callas Maria Callas . (born Sophie Cecilia Kalos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano who was one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her ''bel cant ...

, Uwe Johnson and

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novella ...

as well as

Ingeborg Bachmann Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 October 1973) was an Austrian poet and author. Biography Bachmann was born in Klagenfurt, in the Austrian state of Carinthia, the daughter of Olga (née Haas) and Matthias Bachmann, a schoolteacher. Her fa ...

, Gottfried Benn, Joseph Beuys, Lea Steinwasser,

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the su ...

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

and Hildegard Knef. Strelow was a member of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner (GDL) and the German Society for Photography (DGPh). A part of her photographic estate - mainly portrait photographs - is in the

Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn The Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, or LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, is a museum in Bonn, Germany, run by the Rhineland Landscape Association. It is one of the oldest museums in the country. In 2003 it completed an extensive renovation. The museum has a n ...

in Bonn, the much larger part of his theatre photography estate is in the , sooner the "Dumont-Lindemann Archiv". The photographer died in

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at the age of 73.

Prizes

* 1969:

David Octavius Hill David Octavius Hill (20 May 1802 – 17 May 1870) was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of pho ...

-Medaille, vergeben durch die Gesellschaft Deutscher Lichtbildner e.V. (GDL); seit 1988 vergeben durch :die Fotografische Akademie GDL, gemeinsam mit der Stadt Leinfelden-Echterdingen als David Octavius Hill Medaille / Kunstpreis der Stadt Leinfelden-Echterdingen * 1976: Kulturpreis of the German Society for Photography (together with

Rosemarie Clausen Rosemarie Clausen (née Rose Marie Margarethe Elisabeth Kögel); (5 March 1907 – 9 January 1990) was a German photographer. She worked as Theatre photography, theatre and Portrait photography, portrait photographer and received several awards fo ...

and

Regina Relang Regina Relang (1906–1989) was a German fashion photographer and photojournalist active in the 1950s and 1960s. She documented the latest designs of prominent fashion houses. Biography Relang (born Regina Lang) was born in Stuttgart in 1906, dau ...

)

Exhibitions

* 2008/2009: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn. * 2009: Historisches Museum Frankfurt * 2010: Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin * 2010: Kunsthalle Erfurt *2019: Liselotte Stresow BILDERGESCHICHTEN, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST

References

External links

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www.photo-archiv.info (with the famous Theodor Heuss photo)

Ausführliche biografische Informationen und Arbeiten, Frauen-Kultur-Archiv der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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